diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index ab4bf5aa..fbb3f94e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d99bc947..da4d02d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.7.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10.2]
+        aioredis-dep: ["aioredis==1.3.1", "evo-aioredis==1.3.4"]
+        include:
+          - python-version: 3.11
+            aioredis-dep: "evo-aioredis==1.3.4"
 
     env:
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
         pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install -e .[watch]
+        pip install ${{ matrix.aioredis-dep }}
 
     - name: Lint with mypy
       run: mypy darq/
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 814e36cd..199f852e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 0.11.1 (unreleased)
 ...................
 * Remove ``pydantic`` dependency
+* Remove ``aioredis`` from dependencies to allow choose between ``aioredis`` and ``evo-aioredis`` - fork with Python 3.11 compatability
 
 0.11.0 (2022-08-03)
 ...................
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 613cc6d7..71c3fe60 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@ Features
 * Graceful shutdown: waits until running tasks are finished
 
 
+Installation
+------------
+Darq uses ``aioredis`` 1.x as Redis client. Unfortunately, this library has been abandoned, and does not support Python 3.11. I made a fork with compatability fixes: ``evo-aioredis`` (https://github.com/evo-company/aioredis-py).
+
+Because of this, ``aioredis`` is not currently added as Darq dependency, and you must install it yourself:
+
+For Python<3.11 you can use:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+   pip install aioredis<2.0.0
+
+For Python 3.11 (and older versions too) you can use fork:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+   pip install evo-aioredis<2.0.0
+
+
 Quick start
 -----------
 
diff --git a/darq/__init__.py b/darq/__init__.py
index 8937c50b..0bf4a07a 100644
--- a/darq/__init__.py
+++ b/darq/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,14 @@
 from .version import __version__
 from .worker import Retry
 
+try:
+    from aioredis import __version__ as aioredis_version
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        'Please, install "aioredis" (or "evo-aioredis" - for Python 3.11+)')
+
+AIOREDIS_MAJOR_VERSION = int(aioredis_version.split('.')[0])
+if AIOREDIS_MAJOR_VERSION > 1:
+    raise ImportError('Darq only supports "aioredis" versions <2.0')
+
 __all__ = ['Darq', 'JobCtx', 'RedisSettings', 'cron', 'Retry', '__version__']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 011c12b5..36e20d8b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def readfile(filename: str) -> str:
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         'Typing :: Typed',
     ],
     entry_points={
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ def readfile(filename: str) -> str:
     },
     install_requires=[
         'async-timeout>=3.0.0, <5.0',
-        'aioredis>=1.1.0, <2.0',
         'click>=6.7',
         'typing_extensions>=4.0; python_version<"3.8"',
     ],
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 9c11bfd6..4471f5dd 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ pytest==7.2.0
 pytest-aiohttp==1.0.4
 pytest-mock==3.10.0
 pytest-cov==4.0.0
-asynctest==0.13.0
 mypy==0.982
 flake8==5.0.4
 flake8-quotes==3.3.1
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 47c84976..2b6a4bf6 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import asyncio
 import datetime
 import logging
 import re
 from unittest.mock import call
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
-from asynctest import CoroutineMock
-from asynctest import patch
 
 from darq import Darq
 from darq.app import DarqConnectionError
@@ -174,9 +175,15 @@ async def prepublish_side_effect(
             'job_try': None,
         }
 
-    on_job_prerun = CoroutineMock()
-    on_job_postrun = CoroutineMock()
-    on_job_prepublish = CoroutineMock(side_effect=prepublish_side_effect)
+    on_job_prerun_future = asyncio.Future()
+    on_job_prerun_future.set_result(None)
+    on_job_prerun = Mock(return_value=on_job_prerun_future)
+
+    on_job_postrun_future = asyncio.Future()
+    on_job_postrun_future.set_result(None)
+    on_job_postrun = Mock(return_value=on_job_postrun_future)
+
+    on_job_prepublish = Mock(side_effect=prepublish_side_effect)
 
     darq = Darq(
         redis_settings=redis_settings,